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Why does it always seem like your children inherit your worst features? Both of our girls sadly inherited Ben's thick upper frenum and both have now had surgery to remove it. Ben always hated it as a kid and wished he had had his clipped much younger so when our dentist suggested we remove our girls, we signed on the dotted line.

Olivia had her frenectomy when she was just 18 months old and was under the knife anyway getting her newly broken teeth fixed. Her mouth was swollen and stitched from the event, so we were just glad when she finally looked like her self again. Isabelle, on the other hand, never had another reason to get her frenectomy done so Dr. Anderson thought the best time to have the surgery would be when she was starting to lose her baby teeth.

This summer she lost her first and second baby teeth so we knew it was time to schedule the appointment. Isabelle was nervous, as you would expect, but knew she would be happier once the surgery was over so she put her brave face on and marched into the dentist office. It wasn't too long before they had quickly put her out cold and took her back to surgery. Ben and I were shocked when they invited us to watch the procedure, but were told we had to be silent and ask no questions. It was a little difficult to watch them cut and sew up our little girl, but we really like Dr. Anderson and he was gentle and quick and we knew she was in good hands.

Soon it was time to wake sweet Belle up and take her home. She was pretty sleepy and silly for a while but finally close to bedtime she was starting to get a little hungry and tried to eat a little something. It took a few days before the swelling went away and the stitches in her mouth dissolved, but Belle was a trooper and was so relieved the worst was over. I am not sure how she could be any cuter, but I guess having nice straight front teeth will not hurt.